Talk:Deque
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This came up in a Scrabble game: how is deque pronounced? Should the correct pronunciation be put into the article? -- hike395 05:50 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)
[edit] pronunciation, external link nit
deque rhymes with "check"
the implementation at the external link looks to implement something like a doubly-linked list... ostensibly, one would use a linked list if one wanted a linked list...
Maybe, but that's no reason not also to use a linked list if one wants a deque. A doubly-linked list is a very complicated structure to reason about. By hiding it behind an abstract interface with very limited access functions (push and pop at each end) one acquires a useful structure which is also easy to reason about. You're confusing interface with implementation; if a deque is the interface you want, the implementation should be largely irrelevant.
[edit] Dequeue redirects to Deque
Dequeue is an action, which means to remove from a Queue. Deque is a double-ended queue. Therefore, I suggest that Dequeue redirect to Queue, not Deque. Cparker 21:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Either that, or just remove the redirect altogether. Cparker 21:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Actually you can find uses of "dequeue" as a noun, "double-ended queue". Notably, Hopcroft & Ullman use it this way. There was some discussion of this in comp.lang.c++ a few years ago: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++/browse_thread/thread/730d25ca7f9fe937/38129ef5a0328a0a?tvc=2. SpuriousQ 10:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
